Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?

"Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?"
Song

"Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" is a song by The Offspring. The song features as the seventh track on the band's eighth studio album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) and was released as the third single from the album. The song was written about a girl that singer Dexter Holland knew as a kid. She was sexually abused, and everybody in the neighborhood (including Dexter himself) knew about it, but nobody did anything about it. Holland wrote the song as an apology to the girl.

Music video

A music video was made with director Lex Halaby. It premiered on February 2, 2009 on AOLmusic.com.

The video depicts a teenage girl who writes continuously in her diary about being abused. A boy in the class, who is meant to be a younger Dexter, notices her, and suspects that something is wrong. However, he does nothing, and she is left alone. The school scenes are separated by Holland playing an acoustic guitar in an abandoned room with pages of the diary taped onto the walls.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	38
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	7
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40	31
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	56

References

The Offspring - 94.5 The Buzz

External links

• "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" Official music video on YouTube